There are three main kind of people I am facing from many years on my path of life. One who are art critics and said that art is the expression of soul and any analysis will thwart impression of creativity. Perhaps that is the reason many artist preferred to keep quite of their experience because of the fear of self rejection from society opinions.

Second people who are Sufies or following a Sufi path: said that Sufism is path of God and it is irrelevant and wrong to define it in wordily acts. According to them a Sufi should follow Sufism in customary form but not as a living experience.
Mostly, misinformed people confused Sufism with poverty.

The Third category falls into religious people and they all have different believes and faiths regarding creativity and mostly contraindicated to it.

According my experiences there is a big difference between being spiritually conscious,and being conscious of what is going on in the world around you. The former is an unmistakable feeling of “returning home” to your Self within the body, the source of true peace, happiness, and intuition. Whereas the latter is more of a mental awakening, often times accompanied by immense fear, anger, or even guilt brought on by a realizing some of the more disturbing truths about the world we live in. Ultimately, they are both important, as they are inextricably linked. Within, but not without.
I am doing things that increase the one, and automatically increases the other. Either directly, or indirectly. Immediately, or over the course of time..For the example when I made a painting it increases the number of asset in my studio..but on other side automatically it increases my wisdom with in a initiative experience of soul with art..
Before when I wasn’t aware by true wisdom. I was like a programmed robot with full of information hypnotized by man-made things…But after spiritual oath and following my spiritual Master I acknowledged and acknowledging truth of my being continuously.

Every person follow the root of his tree. I have discovered my inclination towards Sufism. It is something by that I am living my life lovely, performing my Art and daily tasks wisely..It is some thing which attracts me, fascinates me, inspires me.it is something by which I became able to represent my art through illumination of the Divine Creative Light. It changed my life from head to toe, outside to inside..
When someone make opinionated with me that I favors any specific religion or preaching any kind of philosophy, faith or believe with my work. Than my simple answer to them is.
“The experience that I had in Love is the same I get from paintings and art and that is why I presented the ONE to the World!” with the only message
“There is Love in every religion seek that religion of Love.”

At the end those people who think and judge that a Sufi should be like this or like that.For them my message is

“A Sufi like a normal human being, has every right to follow h/er heart and to earn his bread and butter in this World. He lives with Dignity, that is why God Dignifies him in this World!”

For the use of image I received enough opinions based of multi causes from people about posting and making pictures. it is completely on my personal understanding. I’m NOT an expert on any religion nor a scholar. But everybody has certain realization at some points. So I’m expressing mine here. You may like it, hate it or just ignore it all together. If image was prohibited in any religion that were to prevent people from blaspheming. And if one use image for the sake of clarity, for beautification I think that problem doesn’t come into play. In that context use of image is fine. It gives strong visual signals and information which is conducive to understanding and knowledge.
“We must see the bigger picture and able to realize the true meaning of the teachings. Sometime narrowing down and limiting the real meaning of the teachings make us fall into serious errors and lead to divisions.”

And those art critics who say that somehow therapy or analysis will thwart their creativity are completely misinformed. It’s absolutely the opposite-it opens closed doors.

It is so be it so I continued to seek my journey to wisdom and I am walking on it and being “I am” it is the definition of a Sufi follower too.
The search for spirituality is something which was always there and will be there.
My art is the medium of mine I am my canvas where I experience my soul with colors of my art.

ღஜღ Never mind the purpose of Art ღஜღ ❀♫☼*☮ஜEnjoy it from HeArtღஜღ☮*☼♫❀

You say.
Your reflection is having an affair
With a fiery Lover.
I hope my eye won’t lose sight of Your face
For even one moment.

O Heart, what has happened
To your patience, your decision?
Where is your work, your occupation?
Why do you lose your sleep day and night?

Heart, expound upon the beauty of Your face And praise those charming Narcissus eyes of Yours. Talk about that hair which looks like hyacinth, Those beautiful eyebrows And those ruby-colored lips That tell such fascinating stories.

O Love, You have many different names Among the people. But yesterday I gave You yet another name. I call You Pain which has no remedy.

O Beautiful, my Soul is enlightened by You. I whirl around like the sky because of You, My Soul, my Beauty. Send some wheat So that the mill won’t become confused.

I won’t talk about Him anymore. After this verse, I’ll be silent. It’s enough. My Soul has been burned by this desire. My God, You take good care of us.

THE ARTWORK AND FUNCTIONAL ELEMENT

Pen and Point art one my fav also one my teacher in art.. Though it consumes long time to complete but it was an extra-ordinary experience which I had from my series based of 15 to 2o sketches from 1999.The original sketch “Simplistically” is from one of them.Recently I started to revive them in my digital works.. The above work is one of result I achieved from my handmade sketch.Point art is an ancient art.Being practically for me there is no much difference in a point or in a stroke both source is same but point could be very mysterious element in a painting.though commonly mostly artists focus on the line and a line also starts from a point.Being art learner I am grateful of pointillism art which inspired me to work in points and I experienced a very basic but most enlightening concept of our structure via pointillism.” In a picture point is infinite even a single point remains infinite and whole picture completes with uncountable points.A point art painting can be a great example of Oneness”.

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Keep enjoying the journey of Love through my art. A message of hope and interstellar love from the visionary “SERENE=Morning Bliss” with the soulful poetic verses by Master Rumi”Q.S.A”.

I’ll not say, dear, what is Sama’Unless I know who may the listener be:

If from the Spirit’s loft his soul-bird soarThe very Angel lags behind in flight;

But if he be a man of sport and play and jestThe demon grows in force within his chest.

The breeze of dawn tears apart the rose with graceBut wood the axe alone can split.

The world is full of passion, drunkenness and musicBut in the mirror what can a blind man see???THE ARTWORK AND SPIRITUAL ELEMENT

The digital mix media composition & painting “Enlighten Spirits” is based of Sufi Whirling(Sufi Dancing) Dervaishi naach. My painting subject is sufies gaining ecstasy in sama. Sama is one of key element of Sufi practices and the highest goal of Sama for the Sufi is Ecstasy.Often spiritual travelers seek a path that is fulfilling in a manner as defined by them. They want learning experiences that will ‘make them whole, peaceful, happy and connected to the larger universe.’ Of course, travelers are free to want these things and establish their own learning criteria. However, authentic paths do not adhere to this structure. Like other serious forms of learning, the Sufi path has its own entrance requirements that the traveler must meet.The Sufi take the course of love and devotion to accomplish their highest aim with Divine Law and same implement with every practice of Sufism(Tasawwuf). Allah says in His Kalaam

“The skins of those who fear their Lord shiver from it (when they recite it or hear it). Then their skin and their heart soften to the remembrance of Allah. That is the guidance of Allah. ~ Surah az-Zumar 39.23…

Ever since the time of Junayd of Baghdad(Q.S.A) it has been common for Sufis to link sama’ with the kalaam e Allah theme of the primordial covenant (mithaq) between God and the unborn souls of humanity, when God demanded,
“Am I not your Lord (a-lastu bi-rabbikum)?” (Kalaam Allah 7.172).
Master Junayd of Baghdad(Q.S.A) quoted as saying,
“When to essence of the children of Adam on the day of covenant there came the words,
‘Am I not your Lord,’ all the spirits became absorbed by its delight. Thus those who came into this world, whenever they hear a beautiful voice, their spirits tremble and are disturbed by the memory of that speech, because the influence of that speech is in the beautiful voice.”
In other terms, the source of sama is said to be the “rapture” or “attraction” (jazb) of God, a kind of energy that irresistibly draws one toward God.According one of great Sufi Master Burhan al-Din”Q.S.A”who was a senior disciple of Sufi Master Nizam al-Din Awliya(Q.S.A)and famous for his practice of sama.defined types of Sama;

1- One is Lawful Sufi Samaa, in which the listener is totally longing for God and not at all longing for the created.
2- The second is permitted Sufi Samaa, in which the listener is mostly longing for God and only a little for the created.
3- The third is disapproved Samaa, in which there is much longing for the created and a little for God.
4- The fourth is forbidden Samaa, in which there is no longing for God and all is for the created…

The listener should know the difference between doing the lawful, the forbidden, the permitted, and the disapproved. And this a secret between God and the listener (for none truly knows the motive of the Heart except God, the Knower of unseen).Therefore, whatever one finds (yujadu-Ecstasy) as a consequence of audition (Sama‘) by means of audition within the soul is all ecstasy (wajd). Such “serenity”, “shivering of the flesh”, awe and “softening of the heart”is itself wajd.
The subject who experiences wajd is temporarily absent from him or herself; it is indeed an extasis, an exit from self-existence and an entrance into ego less consciousness.

The participants of Samaa should not forget the etiquettes of samaa There is saying among the Shadhili Sufis, about being inwardly ecstatic, but outwardly sober. Thus the ecstasy of Sama’ would be incomplete and one sided without an account of disciplines and balance of sobriety which comes from the adab or proper etiquette of listening to sama'”…..

What would most interest an outside observer about sama is to see what are the effects of the ecstasy on the participants,but this is a topic that the sources touch upon only lightly,since the spiritual experience is the goal…Thats why Some Great Masters of samaa can understand a hundred thousand mysteries filled with treasures of secrets in the voice of the Reciter and the verse!!

Thus, Master Shibli”Q.S.A” said:

“When I suppose that I have lost it, I find it and whenever I imagine that I have found it, I lose it.”

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Keep enjoying the journey of Sufism through my art. A message of hope and interstellar love from the visionary “Enlighten Spirits-DIG1” with the soulful poetic verses by Master Sadi in Bustan…

From centuries “SUFIS” all over the “WORLD” have been “HANGED” & “BURNT” for “KNOWING” &”SAYING” the “TRUTH”… But a SUFI only lives for knowing the “TRUTH” and is ever ready to “SACRIFICE” his own life,because the whole “PURPOSE” of his life is to “KNOW” the”TRUTH” & LIVE IT!!!

My Beloved asks, ‘in separation we talk about union. in union what shall we talk about?’

the answer is easy, ‘just be in separation; so that in union, you know how to appreciate communion.’

Hear o Dervishes, Enjoy what comes! Learn to appreciate. Be grateful.

Enjoy even This Sweetness of Separation.

Just as you long for union today, Who knows! May be you’ll miss This strange sweetness in the moments of union!

Separation is Preparation.

Enjoy this preparation, And may bliss be your Union. ——————

SPIRITUAL ELEMENT

Remembrance-The Beloved’s Cry is manifestation of state of “Separation” in mystic way. Commonly when we talked about separation the first thought comes in mind “being separated for the example a situation between two persons (wife and husband, father and son, friend and friend, girlfriend and boyfriend) who live apart from each other.One kind of state is also known by separation that which is of no use and impresses the one who suffers it as a calamity. It arises from denial of God, from heresies, and misguidance. It continues in the intermediate world of the grave and even in the other world bringing no reward to those who suffer it. The one more separation kind is which begins in the womb of the mother and continues until the grave.This is separation which every mortal human being is destined to suffer.Although it sometimes brings reward to those who suffer it because of the purity of intention in their acts, it usually causes pangs for souls that have fallen away from the Almighty and that have not been able to maintain righteousness in their inner worlds.

What is mean by “Separation” in Mystics?

Sufis are lovers of God, wayfarers traveling through the desert of the world, making the journey from separation back to union with God.In Sufism words have not those same meanings which we know by our mind capacity. Every word in the Sufism is folded by the state of hearts and souls and each word may have many many different but undefinable meanings. Here I explaining some important points of “Separation” regarding Sufism for the reason.. many people misjudged and mixed up the “Sufi Separation” with the worldly situation of separations like in relationships and etc.

In Sufism separation calls as “Ghurba” which literally meaning “the state of being a foreigner, homelessness, loneliness and being a stranger in one’s own land, Separation (Ghurba) has been defined in the Sufi language as renouncing the world with the charms to which one feels attachment on the way to the true, Desired One, or living a life dedicated to the other world though surrounded by this world and it’s charms.Separation can be viewed as the states in which those who improve the world spiritually find themselves. Some of these states, which we can also consider as kinds of separation, are moving from one state to another, turning one’s face from the created to the Creator, and descending from the limitless, heavenly realm to that of the created to guide he created to ascend to the heavenly one. Beloved Master of the worlds and Messenger Mohammad(P.B.U.H) Stated “The most lovable to God almighty among His servants are those who are separate.”(Ibn-e-Qayyim al-Jawziya3:15)

Concerning homelessness, separation and being an outsider in one’s own land, the beloved messenger points to the holy ones of every age who strive to make God’s Word the most elevated in the world.For example: Islam begin helpless and with the helpless and outlandish, and will return to the same condition of helplessness and being represented by the outsiders. The Glad tiding to the outsiders who try to improve in a time when all else are engaged in the destruction and corruption.(Al-Muslim,Imam 232,Al- Timidity, Iman 13)

Despite the fact that the people of truth feel and know separation in their consciences, despite the fact that they feel and love this separation and that they breathe the breezes of being in God’s company, in one respect they see separation as living in realm of bodily existence, the realm between pure materialism and spirituality, and a requirement of being on the way to God. They not only endure separation, no matter how difficult it becomes, but they are always ready and desirous to fly to the realm where the souls fly. They always suffer separation from the higher realm of the spiritual beings, they long for the reunion in the inter-mediate realm of the worldly life. Master Hazrat Bilal Habshi(Q.S.A) expressed his separation he says” I am returning to my native land from the land of separation.” on another place Master Rumi(Q.S.A) explains separation in a verse from Mathnavi “Liston to the Flute, how its recounts: It’s complains of separation” Look what beloved Master Khusrou Dehlwi(Q.S.A) says ” My heart has become tired with separation and desire the native land”.

The separation that is useful and praised by Him who brought the Divine Law is that felt by God Saintly servants. This separation is that which is crowned with friendship with God, which has the depth of knowing Him, and the dimensions of loving and yearning for Him.Those who feels this separation rise to friendship with God, without ever feeling themselves completely alone.They consider the transitory moments of loneliness as sign that they are ascending towards Him and see themselves as being supported by God’s protection. They are ascetics who’s every moment is spent in devotion of Him, ascetics who are always at war with feelings of pride and fame. In prophetic tradition they are the royalty in the gardens of paradise, but they live in such a way that they attach no importance to other things. They regard all worldly and other worldly favors as a means of mentioning their true owner, of being in constant thankfulness to Him. Whatever Gift God bestows on them, They see it as a garment to be worn temporarily , a garment that must not be spoiled by them and one about which they must feel no loss when it is gone. The kind of separation, which is regarded as the most important and blessed source of sainthood, belonging to those who lived in the age of happiness-the time of the messenger and those who will come towards the end of time and follow them in adherence to God’s religion and serving it, is a way to perfection. It is extremely difficult to advance on this way, and does not seem greatly attractive to people, But it is very valuable and immune to claims of self assertion and words of pride that are irreconcilable with self possession.In every age, handful of pure souls have gathered together around this source, breasted the adversities, surrounding their community, fought against the dangers that lie waiting in ambush for the spirits, embraced human beings with Love, helped them realize their worldly and other worldly expectations, and then said farewell to this world without tasting its pleasure to go to the others. This they had to do, as any easy life. Bodily pleasures are deadly poison for them and they had contradicted themselves. Instead of living contraindications and controversies, which is the bitterest of separation, something that is worse than death for those who order their lives, not for their own but for others happiness. They prefer to receive their document of discharge from worldly responsibilities and emigrate to the realm of where the friends are.

The Color Palette and Technique

This spiritual Intuitive art originally handmade custom painting with acrylic medium on canvas… The size of canvas is 23″*29″ inches. This painting is inspired by a photograph of model ” Lily Cole” during her dancing performance in a Fashion Week show “Vivienne Westwood Red Label”September 15, 2013 in London, England. I always feel so deeply connected with red so I spiritually connected and painted her in my own medium.The more from her dance I am working on yet. This original painting and prints are available on sites.

Hope you all will understand the difference between the worldly separation and separation in Sufism and will enjoy the journey of Love via “Remembrance-The Beloved’s Cry ” A message of hope and interstellar love from the Painting with the soulful poemby Sufi Poet “Whispering Mystic”

Day to Day

Aim of My Blog

Being a art sharer(artist) serving colours of love infinite in the world..This site is my Reflection-It mirrors my thoughts on various subjects of day to day Life,My personal experiences and what my way of Art and Life.This blog is product of my creativity which takes birth in my Soul and is Reflection of What I am as Human as an Artist..This Blog is my yearning to serve others without desiring others service. As we all know; Life by design throw us many responsibilities. From managing our finance to taking care of our sub-ordinates, responsibilities at workplace, taking care of family and so on and so forth. The moment we come out of our childhood (which is the only time we are free from the bond of responsibility) we are given responsibilities to attend to.
Many responsibilities may seem to be of worldly nature (from purely spiritual perspective, but what is spirituality and what is not,anyone may ask!), but they are extremely important in our journey or passage of life because they all offer us something to learn from, and to know ourselves better through participation.
Someone may ask, what about enjoyment of life, entertainment, laughter, good times for the self? Some may complaint,where then in all of this 'everything spiritual business' the room for it if we are being so serious all the time? Of course there is room for that. Its also part of one's responsibility to give that food to the soul that nourishes it. The Prophet saying, 'everything has a right, and your body also have a right over you that you should give it rest'. Similarly the spirit needs special nourishment like company of like friends who make us happy, good music that elevate the soul, good laughter with dear ones and attention should be given that we give that to ourselves. From that perspective well known love poet Rumi said,
Today, like every other day, we wake up empty
and frightened. Don't open the door to the study
and begin reading. Take down a musical instrument.
Let the beauty we love be what we do.
There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.
God states "God loves those who are careful to their duties including the duty to our own selves." It doesn't say what kind of duty because truly there are no distinctions between responsibilities / duties. Any responsibility is seen as a sacred trust - be it taking care of children or safe keeping someone Else's stuff. Everything that one engage and participate is sacred trust, including one's life because they are all given by the Sole Giver for an appointed time and all must return to Him at the end.
So the Art and Posts on modalineartistree are my hundred of ways to kneel and kissing the ground and by the Grace of Glorious Lord I m trying to fulfilling my tasks.The First important initiative of my art is to take an onlooker of my paintings towards a journey into the spiritual world visible to an enlightened eye.My energy of Art experiences and Sufism surely will helps you in some way..Do leave a comment if you are touched by it.
Love & Light:
Seher Mohammad
@MODalineProductions